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Indonesian speakers learning Irish
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (Bahasa Indonesia) quietly pushes you into specific Irish errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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from your first language

Head-first order already matches

Indonesian says "rumah besar" and "buku saya"; Irish says "teach mór" and "leabhar Sheáin" — description and owner both follow the noun. Free structural transfer.

from your first language

adalah versus ada is is versus tá

Identity takes adalah → "Is dochtúir mé"; existence and place take ada → "Tá mé sa bhaile". Keep the two apart exactly as you do in Indonesian.

from your first language

punya has no Irish verb

"Saya punya buku" → "Tá leabhar agam". Irish routes possession through ag, and feelings through ar: "Tá ocras orm".

from your first language

Roots do not stay still in Irish

Indonesian keeps the root intact and adds affixes around it. Irish rewrites the START of the word instead: cat → mo chat → ár gcat. Learn the trigger, not the shape.

from your first language

ya and tidak have no Irish twins

You answer with the verb you were asked: "An bhfuil tú réidh?" → "Tá" / "Níl".

core challenge

Verb first (VSO word order)

Irish opens the sentence with the verb: "Ólaim tae" = I drink tea, "Itheann Seán arán" = Seán eats bread. Action, then who, then what.

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